Mop-wringer.



V. D. WHITE.

MOP WRINGER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC- 15. I9l4.

Patented Dec. 4, 1917.

VIRGIL D. WHITE, OF COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON.

MOP-WRINGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. d, 191?.

Application filed. December 15, 1914. Serial No. 877,288.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VIRGIL D. VVHITE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cottage Grove, in the county of Lane and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mop-Wringers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to mop wringers and particularly that class of mop wringers which are carreid upon the handle of the mop.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a mop wringer which is permanently connected to the handle of a mop and which when conditions require will quickly and efiiciently wring a mop without the use of supplementary tools or other paraphernalia.

Another object of my invention is to provide a mop wringer which is simple in construction, durable and efiicient in operation, and which will cost very little to manufacture.

With these and other objects in view my invention relates to such details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts'a's will be illustrated in the accompanying drawings, described in the specification and claimed.

In the drawings wherein is illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention; Figure 1 is a side elevation of the same during its operating upon the mop. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the wringer member 2967" 86. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the wringer member as connected with a mop handle.

Like characters of reference refer to like or similar parts throughout the several views.

In order to clearly illustrate the application of my invention, I have shown a mop 1 provided with a handle 2 upon which is rigidly secured at a suitable distance from the said mop 1 a support 3 for the wringer member. The said support generally designated by 3 comprises a pair of handle engaging members or legs 4 and 5 which terminate at their upper extremities in a bearing 6 through which is journaled the wringer hook 7. The said hook 7 terminates on its opposite extremity in a handle 8 'which may be of any desired construction or configuration. I provide stops 9 on the wringer member to limit its longitudinal movement with respect to its support or ing the portions of the legs together or by forming the bearing portion as a separate member secured by welding or in any other manner to the legs.

The operation of my invention is as follows:

One end of the mop is passed through the ring 13, and then folded back upon itself in order that the two free ends of the mop may thus be clamped in the customary manner, on the common form of mop holder, the ring is then disposed in engagement with the hook 7 whereupon the hook is rotated by means of the handle 8, thus efficiently wringing the mop in a very short time.

In the accompanying drawings and in the above specification, I have merely described the preferred form of my invention. As conditions may vary coincident with its re duction to practice necessitating slight changes in construction, operation and configuration of parts, I desire to reserve unto myself the right to make such changes provided they fall within the scope of the subjoined claim.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a device of the character described, the combination with a handle and a mop cloth, a bearing mounted on said handle, a shaft rotatably mounted in said bearing, a hook formed on the forward end of said shaft, a ring member detachably associated with said mop, one end of the mop adapted to be passed through the ring and folded, the ring member being detachably engaged with said hook, and a crank member formed on said shaft to revolve the same and wind the mop cloth for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature inthe presence of two witnesses.

VIRGIL D. WHITE. Witnesses H. A. MILLER, H. B. BAILEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

